Wow! Someone else has heard of mount and blade! That is one of my favorite games. It is not for everyone but I love the combat system. A bit more info on the base game. You are an adventurer and you can run around found stuff for vassals and then you can become a vassal and you recruit peasants and train them and amass an army of hundreds and the siege a castle and take people captive and the join a campaign and join the other vassals in claiming territory and then BECOME THE KING! It is pretty epic when you have battles with hundreds of people on each side and the combat is uber realistic. The only thing I don't like is the 20 year old graphics. The graphics are terrible but not in the way dwarf fortress is terrible. I recomend the game for anyone. Also keep your eye on the third.